past events & lectures

"Dialogues on..." Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis

Emotions and Cognition: When children's emotions are strong, cognitive functions can be profoundly affected

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
8:00 PM

"Emotions and Cognition: When children's emotions are strong, cognitive functions can be profoundly affected"
with Leon Hoffman, M.D.

Neural pathways responsible for cognition and those responsible for emotions are always interconnected.When emotions are strong, our cognitive functions can be profoundly affected. Therefore, psychological approaches, plus remediation, may be helpful to children with cognitive problems.

“Dialogues on…” events are geared towards professionals and parents who are involved with the care of children in the school and home environments. Educators, school administrators, community leaders, grandparents and parents are welcome to attend.

The "Dialogues on..." series is made possible by a generous donation to NYSPI from The Poses Family Foundation. Additional funding was received from The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation in honor of Ms. Themis Dimon.

Leon Hoffman, M.D. is Director of The Pacella Parent Child Center at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute and also works with parents and children in private practice. Dr. Hoffman has written widely for professional and general audiences on common parenting and child rearing issues and is frequently a quoted expert during media interviews, including most recently, Bloomberg Radio. His additional roles at NYPSI include Training and Supervising Analyst in child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalysis as well as co-Director of NYPSI’s Research Center. Dr. Hoffman continue to serve as Chief Psychiatrist for West End Day School in Manhattan and is on the Faculty of Mount Sinai School of Medicine.